Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Fianchetto Defense › Kevitz Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Fianchetto Defense C60
- Kevitz Gambit C60 you are here
Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense, Kevitz Gambit
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense, Kevitz Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C60, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It is reached after 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 f5.
The line refines Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C60
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
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Statistics from Lichess
708 games · White 46.8% / Draw 3.8% / Black 49.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| exf5 | 352 | |
| d3 | 157 | |
| d4 | 101 | |
| Bxc6 | 73 | |
| Qe2 | 11 | |
| O-O | 8 | |
| Qc2 | 3 | |
| Bc4 | 1 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:53:20
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